Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-16
REJOICINGl
,.llIacstIOu Over Henry
WIZARDS Election
10 the Directorate Of the
northern Pacific Railroad.
v-,.rasy the Fourfh Anniversary q
~ faumphast Visit . seattIs
! q, n. Completes Il she Reaa.

-. r-sIeotion Of kF. Henry Willard
"a. directorate Of the Northern Pa
q. RsErsad VS. ssesived Ia 6eatfIs
- he utmOst enthusiasm. AZ svsry
-, corner and 10 al the popular
.s..ss Of resort knots or gFOups Of pso-
:. we're gathered discussing The coed
-. Thsss wsss no peasiuists as q
s.,ssls's futurs 70 be foand wishin Ne
- Ilulta. Every ons felt that ths end
.s,hs Ious struggle had bsea bEOuehi
v,shin The vision Of tbs citizens Of tie
80. and that the steady asiiys push
Sths people vas nov 70 resp ita ai-
- rsusrd. Seattle would Be rseoe-
90 Seattle would no lOnRsF have 70
,us slmos. against hops. shs would
% longer hsve
THE ACTIVE oFPosIIIoH
NJ a uowsrful corporation, bat woald
y dasIt With fairly and eqritably. TIE
$1,000 fslt q pecaiiaR interest ~
~ eieesiou a. M. Viiirsd to the post
- A DiFeeloF Of tue NsEtheFn Paaile
Ssilroad on tie 18Th Of September,
IN. because Il wss TIE fourth anni-
vrssFy Of the day when, With banners
sslne 10 The breeze, With music waited
a ~ afr and the cheers Of an enfhusi
80 eFowd Of oltizsns, Henry Willard
- weloorned 20 Seattle on hiB last
80 wheu be came wiEh hts fFiends and
- eiafee from Enrope 30 oelsbEafe the
eua1InQ Of the read Whioh had bees
esntlsied through bis enterprise, ppsh
"a eepius. Ihs eitizsns Of seattle
r.saenised the fact that Mr.. Willard haa
LvrVs been their fFiend, that he had
flUsys bson the friend Of their city, and
"a always dealt fairly with then,
Theee wns, therefore, good FeRecn for
lkelF enthusiasm. they knew fhat The
Injustice Of the past would nov cease.
nd thss Seattle would u the future
hsVe fair play. This, lee citizens asy,
3 Ell they ever asked. ell they sv6T
vsnlsd, bat Il The thing they have not
bed sines the
mlcHiHATIoas o. HIs KNEauxs
Drove M. Willard from his position Of
fts1ioc1t VI sno NoAtAA~t@ AnNtAsS &t@AA~
mad.
d needed then only word from some
leadef 70 bring together one Of the
hFRsss crowds thas ever assembled
Ul5hin The imita Of The city Of Seattle
q csIshFAts the joyful event Of hts re-
mm 10 the directorate Of the railway be
ballt. That word came. tIhere vas no
hek Of leaders. All Baaatle'a best citi-
uans we're 10 the front. A COMMITTEES
vas quiokly organized. IL was an In
fuFmal one. No one asked recognition
% Il as iis leader. All we're Wiling 20
voIk. A SINGLE HunoanosnontWaa made
bat Q colsbfation should Be- held. That
announcement vas Sufficient. Long be-
fore the boar set for the meeting. over
two thousand people we're standing IN
ihe Occidental Square. and She band Of
lhe First Batialien, n. q. W., which
plsyed through the city brought IN %
least ano, her thousand, 90 that when
the speakers arrived on the scene there
we're more than three thousand coed
men and true assembled b DO
HoaoB 10 mKNRx WILLARD.
A bonhro was lighted IN front Of the
Etket NNNfOMAt AAuAH NNtNIt1 lAMMtN MuII
buFned. rockets we're fFed ard the en-
thusiasm % the assembled multitude
Was immense. In the meantime q "a
lutte Of one hundred Rnns vas fired in
front Of Major q. o. HalleE's reaidenoe.
Everybody YES rejoicing AID the name
Of Henry Willard vas on every ones
lips.
Shortly after s o'clock ex-0overnof
Watson equire, mounted on q platform
which bad been placed In trent OF the
Puget Sound National Bank, opened
the proceedings.
After Che cheering which bis appear-
aBes called forth had subsidized, BE said
that be had been called upon 81 very
brief notice 10 introduces the speakers %
The evening. II might seem stFanae 20
q newcomer 20 ere that gathering and
70 bear that they had assembled 10 re-
ioica over the eleeaion Of q man DO a
aeat on the board Of . railway corporA-
tion. His wonder would cease when be
knew how vitality
THE err was INTERESTED
10 lhe Northern Paeias Railway. In
Ell that pertained 90 the welfare OF Se
stils che Northern Pacific VS. In q posi.
tou 10 help or hindeF. That railway
bad that day held an elaoiion and TIE
rtsnlt was that several men, friends OF
seattle, bad been elected 10 replace
members Of the cid board. Among
lhsss we're Henry Willard tloca and
plolouged cheeTine Charles 7. Colby
lcbeefsl good man, . good business
mAn and Q man Vbe had for years
been President Of the Wisconsin Cen
lEA Railway, and one Who would zee
thai there should be no Discrimination
AGAINST Seattle. The people Of Seattle
bad come there 10 Eetoics that their city
vas nov likely 70 have fair play Al the
hands Of that corporation. The fsci
hat they we're there toniaht showed
hat they we're reading men-men Who
Understood the situation 81 a3aiFs and
mea uho knew from when 70 expect
justice. lie vas not there. h0weyef, %
make speech. and woald. therefore.
content himself with intfodnciag 10
them one 10 whom they aiwaye listened
Wtth Aitention--sne whom they ell re-
ipected. he would call 1pon
THR MAYOR OF sHArTLR.
Mayor Minor, che Was received With
10 bathurst OF enthusiasm, asked, What
sss Vie meaning Of the dispatch which
vas flashed over the wires this morn
MS What did II mean for Sesttiel
What did ID mean f0g Washington Ter
ritoFyf Whatever Il meant lhe eject
eoald Be read In the faces OF the people
vAo we're assembled before him. II De
tnoaeot thai the election Of Henry VIII
lafd and bis associates meant disaster
% any eommunity be Woaid pot Be pres
cot Seattle had never and did not nov
ask from the Northern pacidc Railway
anything more than square. Impartial
aealing. This had nos been accorded
q TIE past. The keeping Of trains IN
laeoma for twenty-five hours before
sney we're sent on here was meant 20
punish seattle for the action Of WASH
lnEeon IeFritOFy's Delexats In Oonarsts
sskinR for = committee u Investigation.
his Was admitted hy q high ofhcial OF
ne road, although the same honorabie
esntlemaa had before alleged that the
trains were % run because they did not
Bay. When returning from hia summer
vacation be had saoeavored 20 psschase
Z ticket 10 seattle 80 several stations,
eat IN every Csc had been told that
seeY could noe sell further than Taco
mA De DID not believe that Henry
Wizard Weald aii 90 . board thai de-
sceoded 10 such mUthoda. Il was. bow
tyr, worth more 10 Seattle 10 pre-
serve the
INDEPENDENT, kE1.F-HH1Iaxr eFmrT,
which bad made Il what d "a, tban 10
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